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© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
Double Unguentarium (Perfume Bottle)
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
ClassificationsAncient Near Eastern Art

Double Unguentarium (Perfume Bottle)

AAT Object Form/Functionunguentaria
AAT Object Techniqueblown glass
Place CreatedAsia
CultureRoman
Dateearly 4th Century CE
MediumGlass
Credit LineGift of Victor Della Fera
Dimensions6 1/2 in. (16.5 cm)
Object number1985.014.010
Exhibition HistorySelected Acquisitions: Asia to America, Emory University Museum of Art and Archaeology, May 8 - August 8, 1987
MCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, May 11, 1993 - January 1997
Exploring Authenticity: Issues of Connoisseurship at the Michael C. Carlos Museum, Michael C. Carlos Museum, February 8 - May 18, 1997
MCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, June 1997 - Spring 2001
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, September 2001 - February 12, 2018
ProvenanceEx coll. Victor J. Della Fera (1917-1993), East Hartford, Connecticut, acquired from Intercontinental Antiquity Corporation, San Rafael, California.
Status
Not on view
Collections
  • Ancient Egyptian, Nubian, and Near Eastern Art
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
1st-early 4th Century CE
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
3rd-early 4th Century CE
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
1st Century CE
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
late 1st-early 2nd Century CE
Courtesy of the Georges Ricard Foundation and the California Institute of World Archaeology
late 1st-2nd Century CE
Courtesy of the Georges Ricard Foundation and the California Institute of World Archaeology
1st Century CE